The Ke-S3-M4001 is a modular pod designed by Kage Yaichiro in YE 40 to be attached to the starboard side of the the Plumeria-class (2D) Medium Gunship. It is designed to store items and can even be detached and dropped onto a target from orbit. Due to the lack of stealth coatings, it should be reserved for non-stealth or humanitarian operations. These are not to be used on a Plumeria at Star Army Readiness Conditions 3 or higher unless the mission demands it.

This Durandium Alloy container has a round shutters in the front for access and Scalable Graviton Beam Projectors inside. The latter serve to protect the contents from acceleration and deceleration forces as well as to help it fly and navigate in atmosphere at low speeds after landing. It has padded walls and tie-down points, and the capacity for a water landing. It has no shielding, weapons, or life support.

The Drop Pod is, quite simply, a disposable container which is typically employed in the following ways:

• Extra ship storage
• Simple supplemental power armor storage and hangar with direct Deck 5 access
• Orbital drops of supplies for ground forces or civilians
• Large improvised bomb (just add aether reactor or explosives)

The pod can serve as extra storage space, an extra Power Armor Bay, or as a detachable pod. It can fly at subsonic speeds and navigate in atmosphere after entry and can be controlled remotely, by a computer as small as a Star Army Communicator, Type 36, or by a person in a power armor. These pods allow for quick drop-offs without the ship needing to reclaim the drop pod in the case of delivering supplies.

It is typically reserved for situations where the vessel must make swift drop-offs without landing on-world and where stealth is not a concern, such as delivering supplies to a quarantined population or delivering objects into a combat zone and using the Plumeria's high speed to withdraw immediately afterward. It can be used to drop off a Power Armor team in a pinch, but better options for this role exist.

Toshiro created this article on 2018/02/13 00:05. It was approved by Wes on 2018/03/09 22:14 in this thread.